Mark 14:27-31

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

14:27 Then ¹  Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written,

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’ ² 

14:28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” 14:29 Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, I will not!” 14:30 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, ³  today – this very night – before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” 14:31 But Peter ⁴  insisted emphatically, ⁵  “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

[14:27]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:27]  ² sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

[14:30]  ³ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[14:31]  ⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Peter) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:31]  ⁵ tn Grk “said emphatically.”